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Re: system time has change while installing



On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 05:27:56PM +0400, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:31 +0100
>Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
>
>[...]
>
>> Storing local time in the hardware clock is utterly wrong for many
>> reasons. The only reason Microsoft have continued to ship Windows
>> configured this way is the usual backwards-compatibility problem. If
>> you're running on a system without the limitations of DOS, there is no
>> good reason to perpetuate the crap this way: store UTC and leave the
>> clock alone.
>
>But this a) would require tweaking Windows [1] in case of dual-boot;

So apply the registry fix if you care about a system with the
limitations of DOS.

>b) show bogus time in BIOS setup screen.

Really, who cares what time the BIOS says?

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
"C++ ate my sanity" -- Jon Rabone


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